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RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them.
Ambrose Bierce
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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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mine, adj. Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it.
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LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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R.I.P. A careless abbreviation of requiescat in pace, attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however, the letters originally meant nothing more than reductus in pulvis.
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